Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

UNHCR goes to India's Supreme Court over new citizenship law
South Asia

UNHCR goes to India's Supreme Court over new citizenship law

The unprecedented move signals growing international pressure on India over the controversial law

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

Mamata terms Delhi violence 'a planned genocide'

A view of the Supreme Court of India while a hearing on the Babri Majid – Ram Janmabhoomi case was underway in New Delhi in October 2019./ Hindustan Times
South Asia

Delhi violence: Indian SC to hear plea on FIRs over hate speeches

A woman sitting with her husband and their child reacts next to damaged property after their house was burnt by a mob on Tuesday in a riot affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2020/ Reuters
Thoughts

'Riots happen because we tend to romanticize chaos'

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Reuters Photo
World+Biz

Canada advises citizens not to travel India

File photo: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah adjusts a turban presented by his supporters during BJP workers meeting in Gandhinagar, in the western state of Gujarat, India/Reuters
World+Biz

Amit Shah says opposition misleading, instigating people over citizenship law

Arvind Kejriwal (C), leader of the newly formed Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP), speaks with the media in New Delhi/ Reuters
South Asia

Kejriwal for sealing borders and preventive arrests to avert further clash

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest organized by various Muslim organizations and opposition parties against India's new citizenship law in Chennai on February 19. Photo: AFP via Foreign Policy
South Asia

India’s Muslims are terrified of being deported

According to the notice, a total amount of Rs 1,04,08,693 could be charged from Congress leader and poet Imran Pratapgarhi for the deployment/ HT Photo
South Asia

Indian poet fined Rs1 crore for anti-CAA stir

CBFC wants ‘Bangladesh’ dropped in citizenship law ad, director objects
World+Biz

CBFC wants ‘Bangladesh’ dropped in citizenship law ad, director objects

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected
Politics

People have rejected BJP: Mamata